The Four Villages Half Marathon is an annual road running event held during January in Cheshire, United Kingdom. The race is organised by Helsby Running Club. The event's course passes through the villages of Dunham on the Hill, Mouldsworth, Manley, Alvanley and Helsby.
History The race was started in 1982 by staff from BICC, a manufacturing firm formerly located in Helsby. The race was inspired by the first London Marathon (which had been held on 29 March 1981), as well as to raise money to send a terminally ill local lad on the trip of a lifetime to Disneyland.
The original route was through the four villages of Thornton-le-Moors, Ince, Elton and Helsby. In 1999, the course was changed to a similar course to the current (with some adjustments along the way), passing Dunham-on-the-Hill, Mouldsworth, Manley and Helsby.
Winners
Edition DateTime (h:m:s)First ManTime (h:m:s)First Woman 41 19 Jan 2025 1:07:21 Daniel Cliffe 1:17:53 Kate Ward 40 21 Jan 2024 1:09:12 Matthew Rhys Collins 1:18:40 Rachael Burns 39 15 Jan 2023 1:07:51 Omar Ahmed 1:14:49 Anna Bracegirdle 38 16 Jan 2022 1:07:22 Michael Kallenberg 1:15:20 Anna Bracegirdle Jan 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 37 19 Jan 2020 1:06:14 Mohammed Abu-Rezeq 1:14:31 Eleanor Whyman-Davis 36 20 Jan 2019 1:06:38 Mohammed Abu-Rezeq 1:18:08 Kirsty Longley 35 21 Jan 2018 1:09:09 Ben Fish 1:19:40 Gemma Connolly 34 15 Jan 2017 1:07:24 Mohammed Abu-Rezeq 1:19:18 Gemma Connolly 33 17 Jan 2016 1:07:06 Michael Kallenberg 1:22:46 Gemma Connolly 18 Jan 2015 Cancelled due to bad weather 32 19 Jan 2014 1:05:46 Mohammed Abu-Rezeq 1:19:23 Dianne McVey 20 Jan 2013 Cancelled due to bad weather 31 22 Jan 2012 1:08:32 Martin Williams 1:21:05 Gemma Connolly 30 23 Jan 2011 1:05:55 Neil Renault 1:14:31 Michelle Ross-Cope 29 17 Jan 2010 1:04:54 Dave Webb 1:15:02 Michelle Ross-Cope 28 18 Jan 2009 1:07:47 Neil Renault 1:21:21 Helen Waugh 27 20 Jan 2008 1:05:22 Tomas Abyu 1:16:05 Nicky Archer 26 21 Jan 2007 1:04:56 Tomas Abyu 1:16:59 Louise Gardner 25 22 Jan 2006 1:05:58 Andrew Norman 1:14:31 Debra Mason 24 23 Jan 2005 1:07:27 Michael Aspinall 1:14:48 Anna Pichrtova 23 18 Jan 2004 1:10:29 Simon Shiels 1:14:22 Tracey Morris 22 19 Jan 2003 1:05:23 Alastair O'Connor 1:16:56 Kate Burge 21 20 Jan 20021:04:36 Carl Warren 1:13:08 Marian Sutton 20 2001 1:07:29 Duncan Mason 1:20:04 Jackie Newton 19 2000 1:05:47 Duncan Mason 1:17:03 Angela Allen 18 1999 1:07:16 G Hill 1:18:29 J Newton Course changed 17 1998 1:07:05 Simon Shiels 1:15:18 Alison Wyeth 16 19 Jan 1997 1:04:11 Kevin McCluskey 1:16:06 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe 15 21 Jan 1996 1:06:00 Mark Kinch 1:16:03 Trudi Thomson 14 22 Jan 1995 1:07:57 D Mansbridge 1:16:38 K Cornwall 13 1994 1:08:26 T Morrey 1:19:57 D Hoogesteger 12 24 Jan 1993 1:05:40 D Swanston 1:21:44 A Whitelaw 11 1992 1:05:21 C Sweeney 1:21:29 L Clarke 10 1991 1:06:03 Tony O'Kell 1:18:22 K Cornwall 9 1990 1:07:51 B Gillespie 1:22:55 Janice Needham 8 1989 1:05:13 Tony O'Kell 1:21:26 M Henry 7 1988 1:08:15 Tony O'Kell 1:19:59 M Henry (née Burke) 6 1987 1:05:58 R Lindsay 1:19:44 M Burke 5 1986 1:09:48 C Potter 1:23:35 J Littler 4 20 Jan 1985 1:09:22 D Vernon 1:20:53 G Nicholson 3 1984 1:06:10 S Anders 1:32:57 V Gillespie 2 1983 1:08:48 Stan Curran 1:23:56 Susan Catterall 1 1982 1:12:36 Mark Edwards 1:54:14 V Malchin
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